Estadio Monumental David Arellano

Location: Macul, Chile
Capacity: 47,347
Home team: Colo-Colo

The Estadio Monumental is a soccer Stadium in located in Macul, Santiago. It serves as the home ground of Colo-Colo, and on occasions also for other clubs and the national football team. The stadium has a current spectator capacity of 47,347 with the actual playing field is named after David Arellano, the founder of Colo-Colo.

The stadium was first opened in 1975 with a double-header in front of 25,599 people. In the first match Santiago Morning and Santiago Wanderers drew followed by the main event Colo-Colo and Deportes Aviación. However, the stadium wass deemed unsuitable for ongoing use, and therefore only five more matches took place there for the time being.

Completed in its current form in 1989, it was reopened in September of that year with a match between Colo-Colo and CA Peñarol from Uruguay, which the hosts won 2-1.

Accidents, including a fatality in 1993, instigated various modernisations which led to a reduction of the capacity from 65,000 to the current 47,347 spectators.

Fans attending the stadium are treated with background views of the snow topped Andes mountain ranges. Non-sporting events at the stadium include Pearl Jam and Guns N’ Roses.